Artist
I took my first art class in 1962 at the Newport School of Art in Newport, R.I., followed by study with Jessica Sickman at the Sickman Studio in the District of Columbia.
After moving to California, I switched from oils to watercolors, and joined the San Diego Watercolor Society. I began taking workshops and was accepted into their monthly, juried shows and their international shows.
I have progressed to working in acrylics on canvas and showing at the San Diego Art Institute's juried shows. A milestone was being accepted in their international show and winning one of the top awards.
I mostly do abstracts now. Sometimes I have an idea but often I just start painting and let the paint wander until I see something I want to develop. Often it is a struggle but so rewarding when the result produced is something I love.
I find it is the process that gives me pleasure and satisfaction and puts me in touch with my inner self.
ART EDUCATION
2002-1989 San Diego Watercolor Society---many workshops
Classes at the Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
1969 Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii
1968-1966 Studied with Japanese artists in Japan
1964 Sickman Studio, Washington, D.C.
1962 Newport School of Art, Newport, R.I.
ART MEMBERSHIPS
- Artist's Guild of the San Diego Museum of Art
- La Jolla Art Association
- San Diego Art Institute
- San Diego Watercolor Society (Signature Membership)
- International Society of Acrylic Painters (Signature Membership)
EXHIBITIONS
Monthly San Diego Art Institute
2014 San Diego Art Institute Southern California/Baja Norte Show
2012 San Diego Art Institute International Show
2011 San Diego Art Institute International Show
2010 San Diego Watercolor Society International Show
San Diego Art Institute Southern CA Regional
2008 San Diego Watercolor Society International Show
San Diego Art Institute Southern CA Regional
International Society of Acrylic Painters' 11th Annual International Exhibition
2007 Western Federation of Watercolor Societies
North County Society of Fine Arts
2005 San Diego Watercolor Society International Show
2004 San Diego Art Institute Southern CA Regional
2003-2000 Poway Center of the Performing Arts
2002 San Diego Watercolor Society International Show
2001 Art and Cultural, Fallbrook, CA
1998 Logansport Art Center, Logansport, IN: One Man Show
1990 Pan Pacific Show
1970 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery (now San Diego Museum of Art)